Gorg (Barcelona Metro)

Gorg
TMB rapid transit station complex TRAM tram stop
Platform at L10 metro station
Location	Marquès de Mont-Roig, s/n 08918 Badalona
Coordinates	41°26′25.66″N 2°14′1.8″E / 41.4404611°N 2.233833°E / 41.4404611; 2.233833Coordinates: 41°26′25.66″N 2°14′1.8″E / 41.4404611°N 2.233833°E / 41.4404611; 2.233833
Operated by	Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona and TRAM
Platforms	2 side platforms for Barcelona Metro line 2, 1 island platform for line 10 and another island platform for Trambesòs
Connections	Local and interurban buses
Construction
Structure type	Underground (Barcelona Metro) At-grade (Trambesòs)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1 (Autoritat del Transport Metropolità)
History
Opened	22 April 1985 (1985-04-22) (Metro L2) 8 September 2007 (2007-09-08) (Trambesòs) 18 April 2010 (2010-04-18) (Metro L10)
Services
Preceding station   Metro   Following station Sant Roc toward Paral·lel L2 Pep Ventura toward Badalona Pompeu Fabra La Salut toward La Sagrera L10 Terminus   Projected   La Salut toward Polígon Pratenc L10 Terminus Preceding station   TRAM   Following station Sant Roc toward Glòries T5 Terminus
Location
Location within Barcelona

Gorg is a Barcelona Metro and Trambesòs complex named after the neighbourhood of the same name where the station is situated, in Badalona municipality. It is located on Avinguda del Marquès de Mont-Roig and very close to Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, the home arena of the professional basketball club Joventut de Badalona. It is served by TMB-operated Barcelona Metro lines L2 and L10, and Trambesòs route T5.

The first station in Gorg was opened on 22 April 1985, when Barcelona Metro line 4 opened its platforms with the extension of this line from La Pau to Pep Ventura stations. On 1 October 2003, the Barcelona Metro line 4 section from La Pau to Pep Ventura was transferred to Barcelona Metro line 2 and because of this change, the station was rehabilitated and adapted for disabled persons by installing escalators and elevators.

On 8 September 2007, with the extension of Trambesòs network from Sant Adrià de Besòs to Badalona, Gorg stop was opened and became the terminus station of Trambesòs in Badalona. It was planned to open the station a few months earlier, but due to several complaints from neighbors to relocate the electric substation that feeds the line, its opening was delayed for several times. Until 15 June 2008, the station was served only by route T5, but with the opening of the branch via La Mina, route T6 began serving the station, allowing access to Sant Adrià de Besòs railway station from Gorg. Since 20 February 2012 and due to a restructuring of the network, route T6 no longer serves the station and instead of finishing in Gorg, it does it at Glòries.